<p>My son is considering engineering management/product developmental (or similar) and he is thinking to start with engineering then go for a business/management masters.
Fit is important to him. He is looking for medium size, suburban school with rigor/challenge and a bit of quirkiness. Right now location and cost are open.
His GPA is 3.9 (honors classes and APs in an underprivileged hs), he has a top 15 ranking and decent EC's . No Sat's yet but I am not expecting anything outstanding (hates drilling,bit sloppy). The grades and difficulty of classes are similar in all subjects (for example he does not have better grades in math than in history).
His strengths are in innovation/management/ideas side and he loves technology.
I am not sure how engineering schools would look at him and I do not believe he can compete with the stats of outstanding engineering applicants.
Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Sounds like Rose-Hulman would be a good fit (it is quirky and very innovative). I would also check out UMBC (University of Maryland Baltimore County). University of Delaware are Virginia Tech are outstanding as well…but without high SAT scores, might be a reach.</p>
<p>I am going to look at Rose Hulman very carefully.
What about a school like Bucknell?
Any thoughts?</p>
<p>Does he want a relatively even male to female ratio?</p>
<p>Does he want a techie school or does he want a regular univ that happens to have a good College of Engineering.</p>
<p>Since cost is open, does that mean that you’re willing to pay $55k+ per year for college?</p>
<p>[Business</a> and Technology Management, BS | NYU-Poly](<a href=“Home | NYU Tandon School of Engineering”>Home | NYU Tandon School of Engineering)</p>
<p>NYU poly is one of those very rigorous engineering schools. In january, it will be NYU school of engineering. It may not be suburban but it’s something worth looking at.</p>
<p>Bucknell is a expensive.</p>
<p>He would prefer a smaller school than a big U.
Female to male ratio not that important.
Apart from the core classes, he loves discussions, a healthy amount of debate, a bit of policy (all related to technology and science). He said not a school that kids appear for classes only to get the credit and then disappear. Sports not an issue either. </p>
<p>Moneywise, I have some options so right now I am concentrating for fit.</p>
<p>NYU poly does have it’s own little campus in the Brooklyn area if any at all, it’s a small school but soon it will be part of a big university. Though, you will be studying at this particular campus and have access to many resources. Kids at poly work really really hard to maintain the grades they want and I heard they really do give you the best help possible.</p>
<p>Rochester Institute of Technology (NY) known as “RIT”</p>
<p>Bucknell is a very respected undergraduate engineering school and top rated LA school. It also has a very good business school. Engineering and business are the top two, or at least close, majors. And the school is about as expensive as many private schools. At least in line with most top schools. It has decent financial aid and it is expected to improve. Bucknell is currently in fundraising for half a billion dollars to add to their endowment. </p>
<p>It is medium to small in size, rural to suburban (not near a big city but there is shopping and outdoor stuff to do outside of campus). It is rigorous. I’m not sure it is quirky. It is a bit preppy and Greek life definitely is a big presence. But many students do not join. You also can not pledge until your second year. By then, most students know what they want to do.</p>
<p>If the test scores are not as good as his GPA/courseload, there is only one engineering school that is test-optional: WPI. It is mostly STEM but also has a business school with undergrad degrees in Management, Industrial Eng., MIS, and Management Engineering.
Many of the science/engineering students take a few business courses or pick up a business minor such as Entrepreneurship. It is a relatively small school 3841 undergrads.
Quirky is a good word to describe it as is “nerdy” 
[WPI</a> Difference - WPI](<a href=“http://www.wpi.edu/about/difference.html]WPI”>http://www.wpi.edu/about/difference.html)</p>
<p>Some smaller engineering-oriented schools:</p>
<p>New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Colorado School of Mines</p>
<p>The NM and SD ones are also relatively inexpensive, even for out-of-state students.</p>
<p>Most good MBA programs expect you to have a few years work experience before enrolling.</p>